Discouraged as we sometimes are We continue to follow the North Star Knowing the battle belongs to God's victory As we look back on the mountains of history
We have nothing really to fear We have seen this, year after year The righteous battles are fought on our knees Victories sought before the Lord we seek to please
Promises kept as unto light in the darkness Given by God as we guard against the hardness In all the times, we find heartbreakers God has stood holy as the way maker
Facing down more than one soul shaker Following the ways of the peace maker We pledge our souls to the sacred cause Taking up all the ways of God's laws
(c) October 18, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Charles Jarvis, 1820
Taking a look at the beatitudes Taking each moment given in gratitude God blesses the peacemakers as God's family Not avoiding or appearing overly sweetly
Peace at any given price is not peace Nor is it conflict's sweet release It is isn't in the least codependency But it is demanded from God's family
In the world and in our personal lives There is a need to put away resentment and knives Unresolved conflict drags on forever It is not godly; nor is it very clever
In keeping conflict, it harms by its intention If we're wrong with others, it is an ungodly direction To claim to love God while hating is to block prayer It's just what it is layering caught in snare
Horizontal and vertical, intersecting in connection Being out of harmony can only bring God's disconnection When we plant seeds, it brings to life harmony This is to be the way of God's extended family
What we reap is clearly what we will sow Only more so, as both love and hate grow Certain steps walk us through the walk through In a peace plan meant for me and for you
Make the first move without waiting There is a need for the move without hesitating No offering at the temple without peace Shall be acceptable without forgiving the dis-ease
Working things out must be resolved immediately We must face it if we seek after that something That we truly want and earnestly need Not avoiding the talk out of failings the bleed
It is in the unheeding moments of vulnerability That we gather together in our greatest capability To find our way through the heart of any conflict And past the wounds that we often self-inflict
Defensiveness only builds the walls of distance In the insecurity that breaks down circumstances Holding back the openness of our souls' keep That avoids the real level of connecting deep
Take courage renewed in the Holy Spirit's love By keeping to the ways of God who abides above We'll never change until perfect love casts out fear Power, love and self-discipline help us to persevere
Seeking after God's wisdom where ours surely fails The given wisdom will surely be what best prevails Not knowing what to say or really what we should do We will in the right timing ask God what we must do
Left in prayer to find the start of this new harmony Joined together in courage as each is the other's family We ask that God guide our right way to find the real With kindness, compassion, and love that seeds the deal
(c) October 17, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
“Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers … and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” – John Jay, first chief justice of the Supreme Court
In the hidden crevices of your dreams There are dangers lurking in the seams Three, four, better lock up that door The boogie man is coming back for more
Five, six, he has a bag of tricks Where evil lurks and Satan gets his kicks Razor sharp he creeps along Noises ring in the night but do not belong
An innocent hand holds a crucifix And it's back to five and six Cutting through the nightmare's edge While fear pushes ever toward the ledge
A half whisper calls out in the night There's no escaping shadows come to light Wake up before it's too late You know there is escape from this fate
Blood, blood, everywhere All one can do is stop, shriek and stare There's a nightmare on the suburban street When fear finds crazy in the who we meet
Bodies sprawled in backyard mud Two names scrawled and engraved in blood Be careful of dreams that come to you Some of these should never come true
Run, run, run away in terror filled fear Freddy Kruger is patiently drawing near It's just a dream, he isn't real But when he cuts deep, what do you feel?
It's easier to pretend life lost in confusion Instead of a mental break into hallucination Like a Balinese dream in which one is falling Dreams skills require changing and recalling
A way to perhaps change the situation When Kruger comes in full-on confrontation Some evils do not remain dead The worst of them live on in your head
Whatever you do...
Don't fall asleep...
(c) October 15, 2021 Michael Doyle All Rights Reserved
Heading out of Australia to escape this Aussie winter. First stop Japan, then UK/Ireland and if work doesn't call me back, onto Chicago. I will make it up as I go along
